Maintenance Mechanic

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Brewton (AL); On-site; USD 49,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for our Brewton, AL containerboard facility. This highly skilled hourly role requires safe work practices, preventative maintenance, precision repair work, and troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment.

The position starts at $43.11 hourly with a 7:00 am–3:30 pm, Monday–Friday schedule. Shifts may vary including holidays/weekends, with overtime and on-call duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Must understand safe work practices and follow mill safety guidelines.
• Experience with mechanical repairs in a high-volume manufacturing setting.
• Ability to read blueprints, P&ID diagrams, and technical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Champion Safety by prioritizing safe work practices and maintaining a safe work environment.
• Perform preventive maintenance and mechanical repairs on manufacturing and utility equipment (motors, pumps, gears, belts, seals, compressors, etc.).
• Troubleshoot rotating equipment and conveyors; install belts, bearings, seals, and couplings.
• Use welding tools, rigging gear, and precision measuring devices to repair and fabricate parts.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic systems; perform machining setup on mills, lathes, and drills.
• Operate forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes as required; read schematics and process diagrams.

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for our Brewton, AL containerboard facility. This is a highly skilled hourly position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, standard maintenance processes, precision maintenance, and the ability to troubleshoot manufacturing equipment. This position creates value for the facility by supporting the maintenance team with precision repair work and preventative maintenance, leading to increased uptime and reliability.

This position starts at $43.11 hourly.

The regular schedule is 7:00 am-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday. Our Maintenance Mechanic works any shift, including holidays and weekends, and works overtime as needed and rotates on-call duties.

Our Team

Do you enjoy working as a team member and take pride in accomplishing production excellence? Are you looking for a career with a company that values employees and sets them up for success? Then don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!

What You Will Do

• Champion Safety by prioritizing safe work practices and taking an active role to ensure a safe work environment for yourself and others
• Adhere to all mill safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Perform preventative maintenance and mechanical repairs on manufacturing and utility equipment, including but not limited to motors, pumps, drive chains, belt drives, mechanical seals, gearboxes, clutches, valves, steam turbines, air compressors, and fans
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and repair all rotating equipment and conveyor systems to include installing bushings, sprockets, bearings, adjustable belts, packing glands, seals, and gaskets
• Use welding equipment, hand tools, power metal saws, drill press, rigging equipment, squares, dial indicators, laser alignment equipment, calipers, micrometers, and other gauges required in millwright work
• Perform rigging, grinding, welding, and fabrication of equipment
• Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of equipment and machinery
• Plan machining work using work orders, drawings, and direct measurements
• Perform machining operations to including setting up, adjusting, and running mills, lathes, and drills to produce precision machined parts
• Operate mobile equipment including forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes
• Reading blueprints, technical and mechanical drawings, Process & Instrument Diagrams (P&ID's) and schematics
• Utilize the computerized maintenance software to communicate daily work performed and equipment conditions
• Perform repetitive and physically demanding tasks for extended periods of time, lifting, walking, climbing, twisting, stooping